Members of a Shiite Muslim militia raided a house in Baghdad and freed four hostages including Syrian and Lebanese citizens, an official in radical cleric’s Muqtada al-Sadr office said today.

Gunmen in Iraq have abducted a seven-year-old Lebanese boy and are demanding a ransom for his release, Lebanon’s official news agency reported today.

Iraqi gunmen kidnapped three Lebanese in Iraq and killed one of them, Lebanese Foreign Ministry officials confirmed today.